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right decisions. Scientific understanding of climate change and
its regional impacts is crucial if we are to design and deploy
the best possible climate change adaptation measures.

Some EU members, including Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, the
Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, have already undertaken
national vulnerability assessments to underpin their
adaptation plans. But to comprehend fully the issues at stake we need
more national and regional vulnerability assessments across key
economic sectors and environmental themes, using appropriate analytical
tools such as spatial planning.

More research and coordinated analysis is required
to build up baseline data sets and models. It would be useful, for
example, to conduct a regional hindcast of Europe’s
climate and to link improved hydrological models with climate
change ones. Only in this way can we address fundamental questions,
such as whether the lack of water in a region is due to low
precipitation or poor management.

The economic costs of adapting to climate change impacts are
increasingly influence the policy debate and decision making.
Information on these issues is essential to determine the most
cost-effective and proportionate actions. Economic
costs provide a common measure to assess and monitor adaptation actions
across sectors. Further work is urgently needed, therefore, to improve
cost estimates.

Good practice in adaptation actions, particularly
those coping with current extreme weather events, must be documented
and shared. The European Environment Agency keeps an overview of
actions by Member States in the water sector. To be effective this
needs to be regularly updated by the relevant local and national
organisations and extended to new Member States and other sectors.

Information is also available from other international bodies. The
UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), for example, have extensive data
on vulnerability and adaptation. This information needs to be made more
widely available.

Finally, results from research programmes are
seldom presented to policy-makers and other stakeholders in a form that
they can understand. There are some good examples, such as the ESPACE
(European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events) and BRANCH
(Biodiversity Requires Adaptation in Northwest Europe under a Changing
climate) projects under the INTERREG Community programme. But
overall, there is an urgent need for projects that can help provide the
right policy guidance and tools, and build effective transnational and
sub-national networks.

]]>Information on climate change has improved — but not enough2011-04-13T17:10:00Z2009-01-30T11:02:58ZFalsetopFalsemore-and-better-knowledge-needed-to-help-find-the-best-possible-climate-change-adaptation-options Information on climate change has improved — but not enough We already have much information to guide strategic climate change response measures at the EU, national, regional and local levels. But the effectiveness and efficiency of actions can be improved with more and better information.
Policy-makers and citizens alike need sound information to make the
right decisions. Scientific understanding of climate change and
its regional impacts is crucial if we are to design and deploy
the best possible climate change adaptation measures.
Some EU members, including Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, the
Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, have already undertaken
national vulnerability assessments to underpin their
adaptation plans. But to comprehend fully the issues at stake we need
more national and regional vulnerability assessments across key
economic sectors and environmental themes, using appropriate analytical
tools such as spatial planning.
More research and coordinated analysis is required
to build up baseline data sets and models. It would be useful, for
example, to conduct a regional hindcast of Europe’s
climate and to link improved hydrological models with climate
change ones. Only in this way can we address fundamental questions,
such as whether the lack of water in a region is due to low
precipitation or poor management.
The economic costs of adapting to climate change impacts are
increasingly influence the policy debate and decision making.
Information on these issues is essential to determine the most
cost-effective and proportionate actions. Economic
costs provide a common measure to assess and monitor adaptation actions
across sectors. Further work is urgently needed, therefore, to improve
cost estimates.
Good practice in adaptation actions, particularly
those coping with current extreme weather events, must be documented
and shared. The European Environment Agency keeps an overview of
actions by Member States in the water sector. To be effective this
needs to be regularly updated by the relevant local and national
organisations and extended to new Member States and other sectors.
Information is also available from other international bodies. The
UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change ( IPCC ), for example, have extensive data
on vulnerability and adaptation. This information needs to be made more
widely available.
Finally, results from research programmes are
seldom presented to policy-makers and other stakeholders in a form that
they can understand. There are some good examples, such as the ESPACE
(European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events) and BRANCH
(Biodiversity Requires Adaptation in Northwest Europe under a Changing
climate) projects under the INTERREG Community programme. But
overall, there is an urgent need for projects that can help provide the
right policy guidance and tools, and build effective transnational and
sub-national networks.
Source
R. Uhel and S. Isoard, 2008. '
Regional adaptation to climate change: a European spatial planning
challenge', InfoRegio Panorama, Nr. 25 - March 2008
EEA, 2008. Impacts of Europe's
changing climate – 2008 indicator-based assessment . European
Environment Agency, Copenhagen.
2009-01-16T13:57:36Z4We already have much information to guide strategic climate change response measures at the EU, national, regional and local levels. But the effectiveness and efficiency of actions can be improved with more and better information.1002011jaeglmar